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Subject: Re: When to acknowledge SMTP messages
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Date: Fri, 27-Feb-87 04:05:25 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 27 04:05:25 1987
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A much better approach is for the SMTP server to queue the message on
its local disk and acknowledge immediately.  The delivery can be done
by an asynchronous process.  Unless your system is in real bad shape,
it shouldn't take any time at all to write a file on the disk.

It is much better to cure the disease (SMTP servers taking an
indeterminate amount of time to respond) than it is to mask the
symptoms.
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